Just What Is Marvel NOW! really supposed to be?

[DragonPiece]

On a business end its's absolutely an attempt to respond to the New 52, and attract new or otherwise disengaged comic readers.
Like DC did before, Marvel will set up several new #1 titles which will in theory serve as a good jumping on point for people of those categories.

However, there are three very different facets about how Marvel Now! will be done as opposed as to DC's attempt at a major jumping on point,the new 52.

1.Some titles will continue on due to popularity or being too fresh to relaunch. Winter solider, Daredevil,Captain Marvel,Secret Avengers, and others will not be relaunched at all.

2.Countinuity is still the same, it's just a new storytelling era (which gave me a big ol sigh of relief)

3. Not all new titles will be released on the same month. The Marvel Now! stable of books will be released between October and Febuary.

So yeah, it should be a good jumping on point, and its very expansive.

So far we know 4 titles that will be a part of the Marvel Now! initiative; Rick Remender's Uncanny Avengers featuring a team composed of members from both the X-men and Avengers, Brian Bendis' All new X-Men which is about the original 5 X-men coming to the future to discover a less than bright future, Johnathan Hickman's Avengers which we know will have an 18 member cast with the movie verse squad, Shang-chi and 11 other undisclosed characters, And Hickman's New Avengers which we know very little about.

Other titles that are ending and we can presume will be renewed are Captain America,Fantastic 4(and its sister title FF) Iron Man,and Thor(and its sister title Journey into Mystery)

There are other titles that will end but thats what sticks in my mind.

So stay tuned, and I hope that was informative!

We also know A+X is part of Marvel Now. And there are solo books and some of the canned books in October are getting relaunched..

[Songbird/Diamondback]

I was in no way implying such a thing. I was stating it obviously.

I will take pages and pages of talking heads swaping witty quips rather than pages of whining about how "feared and hated" someone feels any day. Any.Day. :p

You just proved that you haven't read many X-men books in the past few years.

[The Animal Man]

Torn Between Riding Uncanny Avengers or sticking purely to DC

[destro]

It's another gimmick, a non event involving shuffling a few creators around. Which normally would just warrant an announcement like "hey writer X is now on this book, cool huh!" But instead it's MARVEL NOW like it's an earth shaking thing.

[ryuluddy]

Nope, Marvel follows Marvel's business plan to make money as they see fit. Dosen't really matter what DC are doing when it comes to what Marvel do to make money.

Or at least it shouldn't. If it does though then things are pretty fecked up.

unfortunately, thus is Marvel feeling the need to copy DC. They shouldn't but there is no good reason to do this other than to try and mirror what DC has done with their new52.

I am not sure how I feel, new52 wasn't as bad as I had anticipated so hopefully this isn't bad either. It doesn't make sense like new52. New52 was mainstream continuity wide and effected every title. If Marvel is going to rebrand and roll out it should be all or nothing.

Don't get me wrong, I hate unnecessary renumbering, which is mostly what this is. Putting lipstick on the pig saying, "fans don't likt too much continuity." BS! Continuityis what makes stories good, it doesn't make them less accessible.

This is to appease the new industry standard of having to hit the reset button to artificially boost numbers on a spread sheet, for a bit. Its this stupid practice that makes so many books renumber needlessly. Its not true growth it gets a few bandwagoners to jump on a bit, and then off again.

If Marvel really was smart, they'd go the season approach, all at once. Dual number the entire line (season 1 issue #1-633) this would allow them a steady stream of "#1's" each year. They could even stager it to help artificially boost numbers for up to 2-3 months.

I also think Marvel is leaving money on the table with disenchanted DC fans hurt about continuity changing/being wiped clean. If i were Marvel I would advertise the sh@t out of not having done a massive reset, and keeping traditions and continuity intact. Draw the battle lines even clearer, instead of copying your rival.

[Hulk_Is]

is it Marvel's attempt at matching the new 52 on a smaller scale or please just explain it to me as best as you can and are the marvel Now! Comics gonna be good jumping on points for new readers or past marvel readers that had not read marvel in years?

More awesome than the New 52. Full of win like their cinematic universe (The Avengers made 1 billion+ to refresh your memeory). Lastly, it's still going to be Marvel - Your Universe.

[The Animal Man]

More awesome than the New 52. Full of win like their cinematic universe (The Avengers made 1 billion+ to refresh your memeory). Lastly, it's still going to be Marvel - Your Universe.

can't be more awesome because i can't see any dark/fantasy titles all i see is X-Men/Avengers related stuff

[Hulk_Is]

Ah, well then I suppose that Marvel NOW will not be the place for you. Superheroes and blockbuster films are what Marvel's about. Luckily, you can rely on DC and various Indy publishers to fill your need.

[The Animal Man]

Ah, well then I suppose that Marvel NOW will not be the place for you. Superheroes and blockbuster films are what Marvel's about. Luckily, you can rely on DC and various Indy publishers to fill your need.

I Feel bummed out i didn't catch Journey Into Mystery....If Marvel NOW had a title like that I'd Be Set but at the moment Uncanny Avengers is the only thing that interests me and even then I'm iffy on it

[Hulk_Is]

I Feel bummed out i didn't catch Journey Into Mystery....If Marvel NOW had a title like that I'd Be Set but at the moment Uncanny Avengers is the only thing that interests me and even then I'm iffy on it

Eh, don't look for Marvel to produce the book you want. I'm sure there's an Indy publisher who right now has what you're looking for.

[The Animal Man]

I Would feel fine with this if it wasn't just more X-Men And Avengers comics

[The Master Meglomaniac]

Is there any change to the status quo with this relaunch? Because there were major changes with DC's 52 launch.

[Castel]

Nope, Marvel follows Marvel's business plan to make money as they see fit. Dosen't really matter what DC are doing when it comes to what Marvel do to make money.

No offense but it sounds mighty naive. Of course both companies are closely watching what their concurrents are doing. How dumb would they be to not do so ?

This whole Now! gimmick is obviously a response to DC's new 52. Come on, they can read sales number just fine and yes, DC sold a shitload of paper thanks to that little stunt.

But as they don't want to reboot the MU, well, they simply are doing a relaunch. Trying in the process to make X-men fans believe that Avengers books are worth reading.

[Nova2814.1]

I Would feel fine with this if it wasn't just more X-Men And Avengers comics

So far, that's all that's been announced, but there's still another 3 or 4 months before we know everything that's coming. There might be something more to your liking in later announcements.

In the meantime, pick up Journey into Mystery anyway. The first paperback is due soon and it's a great story.

[The Animal Man]

So far, that's all that's been announced, but there's still another 3 or 4 months before we know everything that's coming. There might be something more to your liking in later announcements.

In the meantime, pick up Journey into Mystery anyway. The first paperback is due soon and it's a great story.

downside...that's 3-4 months and My pull list is big enough right now i would have to dump one title and hold out on this though with Sword Of Sorcery coming out in September i don't think i could do that